Xed

danox said:

Xed said:

dutchlord said:

Where is the M3 27 inch iMac? Why it tales years to crank out an upgraded 27 inch iMac? 

Your question assumes that they have an engineering difficulty making a 27” iMac v wanting to spend the resources making a Mac that they don’t think will sell well.

Maybe that will show up today which could mean that they found a way to reduce component and engineering costs to make it worthwhile for them. Whatever it is, it certainly won’t be altruism.

The 27 inch iMac would sell well to the public, but it’s not the Mac Apple wants to sell. 

danox said:

The idea of measuring type of gas, temperature or pressure of fluid came long before 1920 which means, the idea or concept is in the public domain? I can understand, getting a patent for a specific device or machine to measure something. But how can you get a patent for the very idea of measuring temperature, fluid, gas, or oxygen level no two electronic machines are going to be the same in their solution to the problem. Didn’t Apple, hear something similar with one of their devices….

https://www.cablesandsensors.com/pages/history-of-pulse-oximetry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_oximetry According to the article there are huge limitations. The research and development is very much on going, and nothing is certain or cast in stone. So any company can come up with, or is free to come up with a better solution?

One thing that is ironic (considering that Apple is involved) this company if successful would be granted, a virtual monopoly in the western world. on the very concept of using electronic means to measure temperature, gas, pressure, type, fluid level, this case might be one of the reasons why Apple isn’t offering blood pressure measurement with the Apple Watch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hypertension

eightzero said:

Xed said:

eightzero said:

fastasleep said:

eightzero said:

What I was trying to write, and didn't, was for a desktop experience, maybe we are at a stage where a MacBook (yes thats a mac and my bad for being particularly bad about implying otherwise) can feed a nice desktop sized display...or maybe a iPad or even iPhone will do that. I'm reminded of my very first Mac, the PowerBook Duo 230 with a docking station. But still...the macOS (and iOS and PadOS) need help being much simpler. I think that was what I was trying to express, but didn't.

What on earth are you talking about? Are you somehow unaware you can use a desktop display with a MacBook or iPad, and now the iPhone with USB-C?

What do you mean they "need help being much simpler"? For whom? I don't see many people struggling to use these devices, do you?

I do. The macOS in particular needs a "moron mode" or similar to turn off all the "features" that are of limited use to a basic user. And stuff needs to work intuitively. Example: the macOS now has a "send later" feature in Apple Mail. It just...doesn't work. And why can't I make Messages show a HUGE font for people who can't see very well? And let's not talk about how to set up a print, a network connection, or good lord even a simple POP email address. Mission Control? Launch Pad? Shared Photos? Sure, this stuff works...but let me introduce you to the people I know that want to send and receive email, print out store coupons for their weekly shopping trip, and be able to take texts from others who don't use the telephone. And. Nothing. Else. Just try to sell them on a mac these days. 

God help you if you put an iPad in their hand, and they erroneously make a hand gesture that makes things "disappear" or "vanish off the screen." I opened someone's browser they had been using on an iPad, and it had dozens of tabbed windows,,,because they had no idea how to close or use them. Yes, they lack knowledge. But they just wanted to read a news article, not learn the intricacies of how to run a display. Yes, maybe tech is not for them, but the alternatives just aren't there for many people. 

Yes, I do know you can plug a MacBook and iPad into an external monitor. But Apple doesn't make it easy like they did with the duo docking station.  

Maybe macOS is no longer for you since all those things work. If using an Apple product is too difficult then Android, Windows, and Linux aren't going to be better solutions. 

Apple even offers two places in which to adjust the font size for Messages.

Unh hunh. And just exactly where is this control panel you've attached? I'm not trying to be obtuse or argumentative, but it is in an obvious place? In the Messages app, there is a "View" item on the menu bar. Does it appear there? No. Appearance on the system prefs? No. To find this you have to search for it - and it turns up in "accessibility." Why is adjusting a font size an "accessibility" feature?

Look...I like the macOS, but I've lived with it on a daily basis since...well...the late 20th century. But when things go wrong, and you try to find things, it is always a chore to find a solution. It just tries too hard to be everything to everyone. There's features I just don't want or need, and want to turn off. And some...that simply don't work. Like "send later" and oh don't get me started on using the iPhone camera in FaceTime. 

YMMV. 

eightzero said:

fastasleep said:

eightzero said:

What I was trying to write, and didn't, was for a desktop experience, maybe we are at a stage where a MacBook (yes thats a mac and my bad for being particularly bad about implying otherwise) can feed a nice desktop sized display...or maybe a iPad or even iPhone will do that. I'm reminded of my very first Mac, the PowerBook Duo 230 with a docking station. But still...the macOS (and iOS and PadOS) need help being much simpler. I think that was what I was trying to express, but didn't.

What on earth are you talking about? Are you somehow unaware you can use a desktop display with a MacBook or iPad, and now the iPhone with USB-C?

What do you mean they "need help being much simpler"? For whom? I don't see many people struggling to use these devices, do you?

I do. The macOS in particular needs a "moron mode" or similar to turn off all the "features" that are of limited use to a basic user. And stuff needs to work intuitively. Example: the macOS now has a "send later" feature in Apple Mail. It just...doesn't work. And why can't I make Messages show a HUGE font for people who can't see very well? And let's not talk about how to set up a print, a network connection, or good lord even a simple POP email address. Mission Control? Launch Pad? Shared Photos? Sure, this stuff works...but let me introduce you to the people I know that want to send and receive email, print out store coupons for their weekly shopping trip, and be able to take texts from others who don't use the telephone. And. Nothing. Else. Just try to sell them on a mac these days. 

God help you if you put an iPad in their hand, and they erroneously make a hand gesture that makes things "disappear" or "vanish off the screen." I opened someone's browser they had been using on an iPad, and it had dozens of tabbed windows,,,because they had no idea how to close or use them. Yes, they lack knowledge. But they just wanted to read a news article, not learn the intricacies of how to run a display. Yes, maybe tech is not for them, but the alternatives just aren't there for many people. 

Yes, I do know you can plug a MacBook and iPad into an external monitor. But Apple doesn't make it easy like they did with the duo docking station.  

twolf2919 said:

Honkers said:

mjtomlin said:

do they not understand what carbon neutral means? It means you do something to offset the carbon emissions you produce. You effectively “wipe out” the carbon you put into the atmosphere.

Do you not understand that such "offsets" are very frequently tantamount to meaningless virtue signalling given that they capture very little carbon?  The article talks about it, give it a proper read.

Apple talks a big game about good things that they do, and some of their initiatives genuinely sound great, but if their carbon neutral claims are being majorly bolstered by buying permits to pollute then that's the definition of greenwashing.

Going solely by the article, I don't agree that Apple is guilty of greenwashing or virtue signaling.  Apple is a product company and manufacturing any good has environmental consequences.  If Apple pays for trees to be planted which offset the carbon released by the manufacture and use of its products, that's a good thing and people should be buying its products instead of competitors' if those competitors do not take this positive step.  Whether those carbon offsets are 'high quality' is a separate issue.  If Apple has those trees planted on land it owns and then goes ahead and cuts those trees for pulp production, I'd say Apple is guilty of greenwashing.  But if Apple pays a third party to plant those trees on their land with a promise that those trees will not be cut down - and then the third party does anyway, is that really Apple's fault?  I'd say  no.  Apple bought those credits in good faith.   The story doesn't give enough detail to form an informed opinion.